The Demon #14
(November 1973)

DC, 1972 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1973-08-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Jack Kirby (editor); Steve Sherman (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #99.

Witchboy! (Table of Contents)

The Demon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mike Royer
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

Job Number
X-426
Genre
superhero; horror-suspense
Characters
Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Klarion the Witchboy; Teekl
Reprints

Witchboy (Table of Contents: 1)

The Demon / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Mike Royer; William Stout (uncredited assist)
Colors
?
Letters
Mike Royer

Job Number
X-424
Genre
superhero; horror-suspense
Characters
Demon [Etrigan; Jason Blood]; Klarion the Witchboy (villain); Teekl; Gargora (dream); Harry Matthews; Randu Singh; Glenda Mark; Jason Blood (doppelganger)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of Witchboy story.

In the fanzine CFA-APA #16 (Fall 1989), William Stout contributes the article "How I Inked 'The Demon'" in which he says he assisted Mike Royer, noting "I ended up ghosting nearly all (Mike inked most of the main figures) of 'The Demon' #14."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The mightiest girl on earth acquires...
Characters
Boy Commandos (cameo); Black Orchid (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Promotional page for DC comics on sale in the last week of August, 1973; includes drawings of Boy Commandos and Black Orchid taken from comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Demonology / letters page / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Sherman
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Mike Royer (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
X-425
Characters
Demon (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Kurt B. Meyer, Sonny Cecat, David Dasch, Frank A. Murphy, and Aradia V. Wing; includes three panel illustrations reprinted from previous issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Korak / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The wanderer...
Genre
adventure; jungle

Indexer Notes

ad for Korak, Son of Tarzan comic with cover repro of #55

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just put an X next to the comics you want!

Indexer Notes

ad for subscriptions to various DC comics

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Holy moley!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Billy Batson] (cameo)

Indexer Notes

ad for Shazam! comic with cover repro of #7

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

100 Toy Soldiers; Aurora Products; Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons]; Corgi Toys; Honor House Products; Junior Sales Club of America Cards; Kenner Toys; Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards; Passaic Book Center Comics; Record Club of America; Sea-Monkeys / advertisement / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Ads for various companies including Aurora AFX model racing cars; Junior Sales Club of America; Lucky Products (plastic toy soldiers); Honor House; Corgi model vehicles; Record Club of America; Sea Monkeys; Passaic Book Center; Cleveland Institute of Electronics; Kenner Turbo Tower of Power; and Olympic Sales Club.
Location and order of ads within the comic is unknown.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Witchboy!
    The Demon
  2. 1. Witchboy
    The Demon
  3. 2. ["The mightiest girl on earth acquires..."]
    Direct Currents
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Demonology
  5. 4. ["The wanderer..."]
    Korak
  6. 5. ["Just put an X next to the comics you want!"]
  7. 6. ["Holy moley!"]
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers; Aurora Products; Cleveland Institute of Electronics [lessons]; Corgi Toys; Honor House Products; Junior Sales Club of America Cards; Kenner Toys; Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards; Passaic Book Center Comics; Record Club of America; Sea-Monkeys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • CTGarry
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore